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There are 2 reasons to NOT keep receipts: A) fear she'll see them B) fear I'll add them up

A yearly expense of 3 000 GBP on average is actually not that horrific, considering it is a daily driver and an enthusiast's car. And pretty much all the work done to it was all normal maintainance (no gearbox failures or such things). Many of the items that Mr. JayEmm had to pay for were repairs of old, bad repairs. Finally, most cars don't get to see their eighteenth birthday (average lifespan is 10 years). This Maserati is still going and is worth quite a lot. Thanks for an interesting video. Cheers

@wizzyno1566

4 ай бұрын

Average car lifespan in the UK is 14 years. In the USA its higher. The maserati has lost 80% of its value. I'm not saying it's bad, just saying it's not that unusual.

Holy smokes, the expenses one incurs owning a Maserati, are on par with owning an aircraft. To keep this G rated, I've modified the words of my first flight instructor: "If it flies, floats, or fornicates ....it's cheaper to rent it."

@igordewit7357

6 ай бұрын

Now THATS some solid words of wisdom there...for real.

@MrAjjm65

6 ай бұрын

Never a truer word spoken!

@Emira_75

6 ай бұрын

Pretty sure you stole that last line from the top comment of this video. And either way; perceiving women like that, is probably why you attract that specific kind of shallow relationship. Most people that aren't butt hurt old men can sustain a healthy relationship that doesn't cost like that.

@Alfa_davo

6 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@Emira_75I don’t believe the fornicates part was directed at females….its directed at animals such as horses for example. Planes, boats and animals…rent them, don’t own them.

@mariemccann5895

6 ай бұрын

Hardly.

That saved me a lot of time going through it all 🙌 thanks for covering the recent invoice 😅 I’ll take it from here 😚

Something to bear in mind is that this Gransport has exceptionally high mileage, the highest I’ve ever seen, the average for these is around 40/50 thousand. It will have needed more items and parts replaced. The one I have is currently sitting at 45k with an extensive service history, enthusiast owned car and is nowhere near this total cost but it’s the same age as this car. Interesting to hear and good video!

Maaan, as a guy who likes to work on his cars, records and itemise all the parts, dates, mileages, etc. I found this video to be very satisfying and enjoyable. And I must admit the costs over the life of the vehicle, smaller than expected.

@Jake-im2lv

6 ай бұрын

I get a little dopamine release uploading my parts receipts to google drive and entering all my maintenance into my spreadsheets with links to those receipts and cost totals etc lol

@r0b3rt_959

6 ай бұрын

That's small if nothing goes horribly wrong

I must be stupid because I own 4 Maseratis from 1987-2006. I love depreciation and buyer fear. And yeah... if you play hard, you'll pay hard. The tire and handbrake counts says it all. Driven hard and put up wet for 18 years/130K miles and that's all that's been needed? I'm looking for Maserati #5!

@LordLauderdale

6 ай бұрын

Yeah. Leaving car exposed to the elements causes most issues.

@simondavies4603

6 ай бұрын

Fully agree. This is a high mileage, hard driven car. Subsequently little expense has been spared on its upkeep. The lifetime costs sound really reasonable, especially if you compare with a Ferrari of the same era.

@JeremyOneal-kc5sc

6 ай бұрын

I owned an Alfa Spider for 7 years, and a Ferrari 308 for 13 years after my Alfa got pummelled in a hailstorm. I always feared the 308 would throw a timing belt or catch fire, or it would leave me stranded. None of that happened, but I could never fully enjoy driving it. I sold it for a healthy profit, then missed the italian character. I looked for another Alfa, then I discovered Maserati. So much bang for the buck and more driver enjoyment than any 308 could have. I love them all, yes even the Biturbo. The perfect enthusiast and tinker cars. They are never boring or mundane. And I love the cambiocorsa because once you learn it, it is glorious... except in stop n go city driving. It hates crawling thru mall parking lots just as much as I do, just one more reason to adore it. And I enjoy them all fearlessly. Life's too short to not own one.

@simondavies4603

6 ай бұрын

@@JeremyOneal-kc5sc I love them too. They are never boring or mundane, and you are right about the cambio-corsa. Maseratis are grand tourers: at their happiest on the open road rather than the school run!. Plus you get the most divine music from the exhaust: no one else creates the beautiful baritone song of the Maserati. Hang on to yours: the brand is on the up!

Broken down over 18 years, I'd say that was pretty reasonable for a beautiful Italian GT/sportscar, especially one with a Ferrari derived heart. OK, it's probably a lot more than your average car, but a Maserati will never be an "average" car. Many thanks for sharing

@johns944S2

6 ай бұрын

I totally agree . I own a blu mediterraneo gransport just like this one and these are all common issues. A lot can be saved by diy. Like the cam cover gaskets, sensor replacement ,coils and plugs as well as oil changes. Nice video and much appreciated.

I've done the same math on a 100000+ km Ferrari 456, it was about 1€ per km (at a specialist, not Ferrari)

@kimbland2614

2 ай бұрын

Mumma Mia!

Italian cars, like pretty girls, break your bank account... and your heart... but there is something about them that makes you willingly come back for more. Great video James... thanks for all your hard work!

@anastassiosperakis2869

6 ай бұрын

you can't take them with you, so it's better to spend them and enjoy them. Somebody should tell ME that.

@user-dw1ft6zk5i

6 ай бұрын

Nah, you can keep both. The women and the Italian cars

@baronvonjo1929

6 ай бұрын

So masochism.

@MrAjjm65

6 ай бұрын

@@user-dw1ft6zk5iWomen! I love the use of the plural word, one woman is expensive enough for me!

@Kref3

6 ай бұрын

I once sat next to a Swedish guy in an airplane and we somehow came into talking. He told me about his sailing boat at a Marina near Stockholm and what went wrong this year alone. I said: „Wow, expensive hobby, isn‘t it?“ He replied with a sentence I have stored in my memory ever since: „If it floats, flies or f#cks, it‘s cheaper to rent; but where‘s the fun in that?“

I love when airbag switch replacement kicked in suddenly tires didn't got changed so often. What a correlation

Bought new, 2007 Blu aniversary Gransport. 6300 miles to date 2023. Not serviced by main dealer in 5 years, not driven much in 8 or 9. Mileage is the be all and end all when it comes to running costs. I dont plan on ever selling it. I might go back to Greypaul Nottingham for a checkup next year as its been a while. Its an absolutely cracking weekend car even now, always turns ears and then heads. Horses for courses.

I would guess that the tyres were replaced by the Main Dealer so that would have been a Retail plus prices. I keep spreadsheets for my cars and record fuel costs, servicing costs, repair costs and standing charges. The total is pretty high but a brand new car of that performance on a PCP would cost much more per annum than £3500. I would use Camskill for tyres and find a very good independent garage to service it. Will never be cheap but the rewards will be in driving it.

You sir, are a damn hard working chap, and it shows in your content. Well done!

@daniels.2720

6 ай бұрын

... and the 2 Big Blue Books!!

@badgersalesman5595

6 ай бұрын

He does less than an NHS Nurse ( and let me tell you. They do naff all ) that’s why they are all obese

Always wondered so thank you. For what it’s worth £3000 in 2008 is £5000 in today’s money. Interesting that a service at main dealers was around a thousand and many years later independents were still £1000. Pleased to note my 18 year old Italian Panda sailed through MOT today.

@kristianniss5201

6 ай бұрын

Ah, the luxurious Italian Panda. Brave of you to own an older Italian exotic

@TH-lo9ei

6 ай бұрын

Inflation adjustment is always an interesting point to consider (I am not sure, if this was taken into consideration in this video?). Mr. JayEmm's content is always a pleasure to watch.

Most of this is just routine servicing and consumables like tyres and brakes. The odd sensor, a clutch at 80,000 miles which is quite frankly superb as far as wear goes, and parts under the car that have corroded due to the British weather. I can’t imagine that a 997 would have cost any less to run over the same period. Particularly with the well known engine problems that those come with. If you did all this work yourself, the bill would have been about a third of what it is currently

@GTFour

6 ай бұрын

The second clutch at less than 100k miles is a big scare

@elnyoutube123

6 ай бұрын

@@GTFour it's really depends how you drive it. Sounds like the second owner drove like a complete maniac lol

@james.james99

6 ай бұрын

@@GTFour completely depends on the driver. My Gransport has about 20k miles on its current clutch and the computer says 15% worn. If you have mechanical sympathy, 60-80k miles should be no problem. If you’re expecting Corolla running costs, any Maserati, Porsche, Aston Martin, Jaguar etc should not be on your radar

@GTFour

6 ай бұрын

@@james.james99 No one is expecting Corolla running costs and no opinion of that nature has been expressed. 80k from a performance clutch is fine. The second clutch they had lasted ~15k. That’s surely not a driver issue. Unless the driver was riding the clutch like a learner! But it’s not a manual 3 pedal clutch to even do that.

@james.james99

6 ай бұрын

@@GTFour it’s very easy to ride the clutch in an automated manual. This can be done by creeping in traffic, reversing uphill and bad launches/jerky driving. If driven smoothly they generally last in the same way that a manual will. In my experience, the clutch throw out bearing will wear out before the clutch does

When people ask me how did you become a millionaire I reply ' because I never owned a maserati !

"Because of all of this I thought it would be pretty sorted..." That's interesting, because my reaction to 2 full binders of receipts is that this is a car that's never going to be properly sorted and will always require lots of money and attention. To quote Shakespeare's Tempest, "What's past is prologue."

Of topic but i like the Claud Butler bike mate. I noticed them Judy Rock shocks straight away 👌🏼. Had my knicked last month 😢

As a serial Italian car owner of the lesser brands, I can identify with a lot of the recurring problems with the Maserati, in particular the constant handbrake adjustment. It also sounds like the first couple of owners drove the door handles off the car and ignored certain issues that didn't directly affect the running of the car. It proves that you have to have commitment (aka large cojones and deep pockets) to take on a used Italian car.

@camrunner6633

6 ай бұрын

Do you drive a fiat punto?

About 18 years ago I toyed with the idea of buying a 3200 (gotta love those boomerang lights) as you could get them for about £18k, but I did my homework and the servicing costs scared the crap out of me! It was a V8 coupe I lusted after, so turned my attention to more humdrum examples, notably the Vauxhall Monaro and Ford Mustang. I went for the latter and I haven’t regretted it for a second. Parts are mostly dirt cheap. Since Covid shipping prices have gone nuts, but the Mustang is still a relatively cheap car to run. I’d love a DB9 but I suspect that will still require £2-3k a year even using independent specialists. Worth it for those looks alone though 😊

I would say around 50% of its original MSRP…i had an RS6 first gen that i bought when the car was around 11 years old and 140k miles and had all the invoices since new(tires, fuel and insurance excluded) and I did what you did here and came up to a total of around $35k or an average of $3500/year, which is not bad given the car you drive…it becomes worrying when you take into account the huge depreciation, but then again you had the privilege of driving an awesome car

Good job breaking this down for common folks who want a 20-30k bargain exotics. The take away is, unless you are comfortable spending 5k yearly on service alone, don’t think about it. And that’s for a good condition one without major failure…. Can you possibly do another sich video on a 996 or 997 Carrera, just to have a comparison?

@DontPanicDear

6 ай бұрын

It’s not just the cost for me! It’s the uncertainty of ruined holidays, days out and other plans. The rubbish bodged jobs even reputedly top garages drive you mad too. These work as a labour of love 3rd car. But is one of these really enough fun to justify these expenses? I say no 😢

@LordLauderdale

6 ай бұрын

From experience with a 997.1, 996.1, 987.1, 987.2 they are around 1-2 k per year if serviced regularly excluding tyres.

@hensh911

6 ай бұрын

I’ve worked this out for my 997.1, details in my comment above. Summary is about £2600 per year for me.

I had a 2006 Quattroporte. I must have been lucky because in 2 years it only cost me £1175

@ruk2023--

6 ай бұрын

There's a difference between keeping an exotic running and keeping an exotic in tip top condition and sometimes you just get lucky from buying a well sorted car and leaving the minor issues for the next person.

@simondavies4603

6 ай бұрын

Quattroporte 5 - amazing car! 😀

I had one of these in period owned it for 8 years, it never broke down or left me stranded. Had a few false engine light type warnings, which were easily fixed and only lost 15k when I sold it… so a beautiful ownership..❤ all on the same clutch as well, given I don’t do much city driving in it.. or stop start…. My experience of relying on main dealers to tell you about the pIS clutch settings and % wear is extremely inaccurate…. Just remember it’s electro hydraulic but otherwise a manual and ignore all their stupid software of the period… you could quite literally take it to one shop and they would tell you it’s in good shape and another would tell you it’s on its last legs.. 😅

Brilliant as always and a fascinating insight - cheers buddy and keep up the great work!!

Enjoyed that incite into the cost of ownership, more difficult to keep folders on the more modern stuff with digital servicing, ie you don't tend to get a print out or book stamped anymore.

If ever we need a proof that James deserves being a car journalist, not just a youtuber, here it is. Such rigorous research on bundles of service histories, comprehensively packaged.

Great video, Jay. Enjoyed that.

Genuinely great video, couldn't believe this ran 30min but it flew by! Would watch something again for other older cars

Definitely less than expected... Thank you for putting the time in. :)

Best music for any car channel !

It's not just the money but also the hassle. My first three cars were (lowly) Italian sports cars and they really consumed my life. So happy for maintenance-free motoring now. There are better things in life than admiring yourself in a shop window as you cruise by.

@DontPanicDear

6 ай бұрын

Agreed! If there was a local fantastically skilled and 100% honest specialist, I might be convinced to try a slightly older, more exciting car. There never is though, so you find yourself driving all over the country, trying to get the same thing fixed by somebody else all the time. Half the time only to discover the previous work was botched. It’s not just the money as you say, but far too much stress and annoyance involved, even if you use the place with the best reputations!

Hi jay perhaps the original owner who clearly bought the car to enjoy and clock up the miles ( not a show pony). May have enjoyed hard cornering and the smell of burning rubber 😆

@nicholasn.2883

6 ай бұрын

I was gonna say, if he liked sliding. Tired would’ve been changed every 6 months😂

This was a really great video, informative and true!!

Good video. It shows you need to have money aside for maintenance. I worked this out for my 2008 997.1 C2S coupe manual earlier this year, currently on 79k miles. They say £2k ish per year is about right: I’m at £10k, which is over 45 months and 34k miles. Including two sets of PS4S tyres (£1800), alloys refurbished x 2, front end PPF. New rotors and pads following track days too. Also had front end respray but that was paid for by someone else’s insurance at around £2k. This total excludes insurance and petrol, it does include preventative maintenance so not everything that has been done was needed. But the car is pretty damn good now.

Jay, brilliant camera work as usual. I know it’s not easy doing what you do.

That’s about my experience with my 3200GT albeit less made made than the Gransport I would say. This is why they are so cheap to buy and why they lag far behind Aston’s or Porsche in terms of values. With many owners hoping that prices will rise…I doubt they will until so few exist that they become desirable as Italian rarities. Lovely cars but flawed, I’m glad I scratched that itch tho.

@slasher9883

6 ай бұрын

Honestly do not think that these will ever become a serious "collector" car or go up in value. I think these will spend eternity in a sort of semi-exotic no mans land, being bought cheaply by people who are trying to impress on a budget, then being ditched when said people realise these cost proper money to keep on the road. The number of these I see for sale here in Oz with "has a problem with XXXX" or "just needs XXXX to be roadworthy" is pretty telling. They are hard enough to own now after 15-20years, imagine trying to keep one on the road at 30-40 years of age.

Jay, I feel for you and truly respect your love for Italian cars. If it's any consolation, in 1995 I bought an Integrale Evo 1, 3 years old and 30,000 miles on the clock. Derby Green (rarest colour ever??), and it cost me £16,500. One previous owner in Italy, I bought in the UK from an "importer". Bad move!! I owned it for 11 years, and I sold it for £6,700 at 65,000 miles, in 2006. I gave up counting what it cost me after it topped 40k of maintenance costs!! First bill 3 months into ownership; a hugely expensive steering rack (crash damage from previous owner coming to fruition); £600 rack, £1,100 labour!! Then followed as the years went on..... A new engine (6k), gearbox rebuild (1.7k), 2 resprays in 11 years (3k each), chassis leg welding when engine was out, 3 clutches (well, 60 in 5.5 takes its toll somewhere), suspension, brakes and drop links every other year, a turbo (was chipped when I bought it, unknowingly, but only cost under 1k), a head rebuild when the timing belt slipped 2 teeth, 3k after the £1500 timing belt kit replacement at Barry Waterhouse Engineering, a lovely piped leather Recaro interior, electrical fault ongoing analysis, numerous breakdowns caused by said electrical fault, new ECU and so on. The best breakdown was in a Multi Storey car park. Permanent 4WD cars need a full lift; they cannot have a suspended tow from the side of the road by the recovery service; it blows the gearbox diff. So the two partners had to turn up; one in his flat bed lorry which couldn't get under the car park height restriction, and one in his little van. Van driver 1 had to tow me out of the car park, then driver 2 winched me onto the truck, and whisked me away to John Day and TNI Motorsport!! Was it the best car I've ever owned? Yes, absolutely!! K107 OUF, where is it now??

Fabulous content as ever

I found most entertaining the purchase history of the 2nd owner. What a busy little chap 😂. Although, I see a bit of him in me: fixing every little imperfection. You want a guy like that in a car's history.

Really interesting. Thanks James.

I’d love to see this video again, with a diagram of the car showing each piece getting more and more red every time it is repaired during the story

[emits long, low whistle] Yep, like my mother loved to say, it's not the purchase price, it's the upkeep. Excellent video, Jay.

Wow that's alotta service repair! I need a nap now!

Thanks Jay!!!

A fascinating video , thanks 👍👏

A very interesting video and as usual very well done. I just bought a 2014 Maserati GranTurismo with only 8000 miles on it and I tried to calculate a TCO for the next 8 years. That includes typical services, insurrance, repair of known issues like the wishbone, etc. but also some savings for unexpected repairs, and what many do not think about is value depreciation. Considering all that I came to sum of about EURO 6930 / year. As someone said on comments early, you better don't add it up.

I'm going to guess around £60k. I'd be astonished if the total cost was more than the purchase price. But then again, this is Maserati.

Interesting to listen to. Thanks.

Great video

Honestly do not think that these will ever become a serious "collector" car or go up in value. I think these will spend eternity in a sort of semi-exotic no mans land, being bought cheaply by people who are trying to impress on a budget, then being ditched when said people realise these cost proper money to keep on the road. The number of these I see for sale here in Oz with "has a problem with XXXX" or "just needs XXXX to be roadworthy" is pretty telling. They are hard enough to own now after 15-20years, imagine trying to keep one on the road at 30-40 years of age.

@simon_hollins

6 ай бұрын

I agree, not a collector car apart from the MCV. Take it from me (long term owner). No-one buys these to impress anyone. ‘Experts’ think they are unreliable and rust. Clarkson groupies laugh about ‘flappy paddles’. To everyone else they are just an old car. The biggest design/build flaw IMHO is the fragile interior plastics and rubberised coating. The early Spyders have a fair bit of scuttle shake - if that bothers you get a later one and/or run the right tyres at the right pressure. That leaves in peace those of us who love them to carry on driving them safe in the knowledge that there will never be a price bubble and crash to worry about.

@slasher9883

6 ай бұрын

@@simon_hollinsover here Maserati are still considered somewhat exotic. so people outside the car bubble tend to just assume any Maserati is worth a lot of money, no matter how old or crappy. Quite surprising to them that you can buy a 4200 for 25k Aus, but of course we know what that entails. Must say I often consider buying a cheapo QP as a project, but then I have experience with Italian cars as a mechanic and don't need to pay labour. Any average Joe who asks me if they should buy a Maserati from this era is met with an overwhelming NO, followed by "I am not fixing it for you". 😄

hello mate, It's been a while since you have done a video about the Celica VVTL-i. Times have changed lots since then. I'd love to see another video on that car.

My guess is around 78-85k in maintenance... Oh! I'm pleasantly surprised!!

Good video. I'm glad I passed on one of these here in Australia. I am sure the parts and labour cost would be far more then in the UK.

A very informative video - basically set aside approx £3,000 per year when owning and running a performance car. It would probably be about the same for most brands (apart from Ferrari and Lamborghini) of cars from that vintage. You also make a great point that you should always go to a trusted mechanic, the exhaust bodge job you described is testament to that. In conclusion, you are spending approx 42 pence per mile per year in order to keep that petrolhead grin on your face - worth every penny!

I am a driving enthusiast. I love to take my 214 Honda Pilot SUV on my fishing trips. It is a comfortable ride. Has heated seats. Has satellite stereo radio. I changed the tires, once. I got a new battery, once. Oil changes as the schedule of maintenance suggests. Absolutely, No needed Unscheduled maintenance. No loud engine noises: the beautiful voice of Frank Sinatra comes through the cabin clearly. And its highly rated for Safety. I am the winner.

@raywhitehead730

5 ай бұрын

2014, Honda Pilot.

F1 pump will be an Alfa part surely at that price 😎😎

And thinking my Alfa Romeo is a money pit! Yikes, my sister wants a Maserati Levante, I think she would change her mind after watching this video! I'd take the Airbag light disassembled!

SUPERB! Excellent and honest Video....I've got a 3 year old Maserati Lavente V6, and I've had it for just over a year. My first service experience will be next year, within warranty period. So far the only costs have been the first MOT and a new windscreen at £2,500 (covered by my Insurance company 😍). No surprise sadly that the older a car gets, the more bits need replaceing and so the 'payouts' keep rising. With a newer car these additional cost's are lower BUT we know that bill for depreciation is waiting for you....🤔😁). Oh I've also got a 2002 Skodia Fabia cost me £395 5 years ago, and I've spent £495 in past year, and it needs four new tyres....and it's gonna get them....I love cars🥰

I never thought of Jay as someone who would ride a bicycle.

Brilliant!!!

The Maserati logo is the best in the industry.

Fantastic vodeo. I really don't think that cost for an exotic car is particularily bad. My Mazda with tires, service and other stuff is perhaps half of that but basically driving a car is expensive. My Lotus Esprit Turbo, likely about the same cost as the Maserati. You only live once.

Interesting thanks 😊

We're riding with ya.

Nice work James. I know you are running a 550 Maranello that has a similarly (high) mileage to mine and I'd be interested to know whether you can produce a similarly detailed breakdown of running costs? I'm pretty sure I have most of mine of you are interested to compare?

@JayEmmOnCars

6 ай бұрын

Jack at Number27 actually did a video on my 550, and I'll be doing an update on it soon. In short, it's more expensive than this

The Drive by Wire is fantastic - it’s just a matter of getting used to it…it does prolong the clutch life.

Hey JayEmm, have you considered making a review of the A6 BiTDI with 313hp or the facelift with 326hp. I got myself one because it is one of the more reliable cars you can buy used and it is a car you can put in my opinion endless miles on it. I own it for roughly 2 months or less now and already done 4000km in it.

Maserati and Tyres. Keeping Pirelli (amongst others) in business since 2001

@simondavies4603

6 ай бұрын

You are right. I have winter Continental's on mine currently. Ride improvement on the summer P Zero's.

Lol, Ive been considering an 18k 70km quattroporte, this video is perfectly timed:D

Well this car has covered well over 3 times as many miles as the average GranSport on AT, surprised the presumably daily driver life it’s led wasn’t mentioned. Especially when calculating such costs

What a fascinating video. I've considered an old Maserati, had a few juicy toys in the past, e60 M5, W211 E55 AMG, Range Rover L322 and currently seeking a more comfortable replacement for my TTRS. Always fancied a Maserati but not so sure now. Thinking maybe a DB9 instead 😂

@elnyoutube123

6 ай бұрын

DB9 is going to cost just as much if not more

@samcattell1150

6 ай бұрын

@@elnyoutube123 from research I've done, possibly not. Never going to be cheap but not quite the crummy build quality and fondness for rusting that Maseratis of this Vintage have.

@elnyoutube123

6 ай бұрын

@@samcattell1150 I'm sorry what? 😭 I don't think I've seen a single Maserati from this era with rust on it... although I don't live in the UK anymore, but I do live in the "rust belt" of the United States. Over here an Aston Martin costs much more to maintain in just parts prices alone.

@samcattell1150

6 ай бұрын

@@elnyoutube123 well if you search around some YT videos including on this channel, you'll see that they rust badly, especially underneath. Aston parts are probably easier to source here as the cars are built here. Let's face it, anything old and fast with a premium badge will frequently help itself to the contents of your wallet

@simondavies4603

6 ай бұрын

See James comment on this 550 above: the lifetime costs for a Maserati of this vintage are in line with other premium brands. In addition this car is very high mileage, was "enjoyed" in its early life (see the tyre changes) and has then been meticulously (expensively) maintained. This report is actually a tribute to an often maligned supercar brand. You get seriously exotic Italian style, a legacy of over 100 years of performance motoring (F and L are upstarts in comparison) and a brand that is on the up (see their current line up).

I have a very similar cost per mile for my E55 Wagon. Since 2008 (first receipt) its had £33k at least spent on it. That's 42p a mile.

In my experience of buying and selling cars, it's ones that come in with big history folders like this that tend to be the ones I have problems with, yet the ones with basic compleated year service history books I have no issues with. Make of that as you will. It always makes me laugh when folk cream themselves over big history files. In my experience it generally means the cars had lots of past issues and will continue to cost you lot of money.

I recon more than the initial outlay for the car, especially if they used main dealers !! I keep a xls spreadsheet on all my cars, and I have done similar to you I went through all the history and invoices on my 2011 Maserati GranTurismo, and since 2013 it has had over 25k spent on it !! The previous owner but 1 beared much of those bills, so far touch wood I have only spend 2k at SportsItalia for a major service a few months ago before I endured a trip around Europe in the Maz. Next year I feel some more outlay is to come, rear tyres (god dam those hairpins in the Alps), front subframe and poss front brakes !! eek

@neilturner6749

6 ай бұрын

Another commenter recon-ing! Lots of ex-US Marines on James’s site today it seems…

@trollmanrs

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Me speelling police. @@neilturner6749

I bet Ben from dadcars is sweating watching this! 🤣

I'll have a guess at 18years of maintenance is just a little bit less than the purchase price. Well I hope so anyway as I'd love to buy one 🙂

Deffo more

I only have 40k mi on an 06 but have bot had issues. I did the preventative stuff for suspension bits and that’s it. If i drive it like this one perhaps i would have the same things to deal with.

That's actually fairly reasonable, it'd be interesting to know how much was saved on labour by the owner that did a lot of work themselves

I recon the costs were higher than the price of the car

@neilturner6749

6 ай бұрын

What did you discover when you were recon-ing?

@trollmanrs

6 ай бұрын

Dick! @@neilturner6749

Don't forget the depreciation lo and £48k of fuel lol! If money no object it doesn't matter but otherwise it just shows you how much you'd save by buying a 7 year old Lexus hybrid to daily drive instead. Somewhere in the region of £50k, which in turn buys you an Audi R8 V10 for the weekend as well.

Informative video, the car was driven hard in first 5 years. You add some bits from rather owner who does his own work, was it all for this car? as you have seats which have nothing to do with the car. Also it sounds like the car was vandalised at some point - not really maintenance costs And neither is detailing the car…

new used wheel bearing? I understand "it was fitted, didn't fix the fault, and got removed" with some parts, but a wheel bearing?

Hi Jay, quick, here's my temporary, fix for the laminate edging on the top of your Maserati desk. A drawing pin. INVOICE £536.17p. 🤣🤣

Oof. I was interested in this car a few years ago when it was c£14k. Although I still think it was good value, I’m glad I dodged a bullet. Thanks James.

i wonder how many of us could be this honest about our cost of ownership of our pride and joy

Nice video.

Jay please do a video o the new generation mustang from 2016 it cost me a fortune

James, you didn't need to tidy up just for us. 😂

Maintenance will be more than the purchase price!

How many times were spark plugs done in just a few thousand miles? 4? That and parking brake shoes?

Paintwork to steel section of the car could likely be underseal to protect the subframe? Known to go bad on these cars.

My hopeful guess is less? Well, it was actually less than I expected... Italian car (and motorcycle) ownership is exorbitantly expensive to run...especially if you run them hard. Having owned several Italian motorcycles and 2 Fiats and 1 Alfa Spider, I have had my fill of fixing the same faults, again, and yet again. With so much other choice in transportation, you have to be an Italiano-Masochist to own them today. That said, I would love to be able to own and run a manual 550 or 575...

I didn’t think £60k thus far was too bad considering that for a Mazza it’s done Uber high mileage. Amazed it’s still on its original gearbox and not required any major engine work though, which together might’ve added at least another £20k to the outlay.

@anastassiosperakis2869

6 ай бұрын

it's not bad because he did 130k miles, much more than what the typical owner does. If he did 30, then the cost per mile would be really high.

i hate to ask but how much per year or say per 10,000 miles does the DB9 cost to maintain??? ( vested interest as i ts on my wish list😢)

Not sure of the objective here. It is too easy to criticize the cost of running an ageing Maserati but I suspect that the cost of repairs and maintenance for a Ferrari of the same era would be similar. Additionally this car was really hard driven early in its early life, look at the tyre changes and service mileage intervals, and to get to the present day mileage is laudable (in a performance car) without major component failure. I think the lifetime costs are reasonable and the car is a testament to the ongoing reinvention of Maserati. Ferrari did a great job (at the time this car was manufactured) and have latterly provided Stellantis with the opportunity to build on all they have done. You cannot compare modern Maseratis with those of this era, and those ones were pretty good too!

My friend wanted a car that was cheaper to run than his Aston so I sold him an old Maserati with two ring binders worth of maintenance records. LOL. Surely this car will be more expensive to run than the Aston? Perhaps not if Ben moves it on in a couple of months, but keep it a couple of years and those folders will bulge with more fresh paper. Still, I kinda want one.